High Kirk
Old Parish Church
High Kirk, 2011
55°56′50″N 4°55′32″W / 55.947188°N 4.925433°W / 55.947188; -4.925433
Location	Dunoon, Argyll and Bute
Country	Scotland, United Kingdom
Denomination	Church of Scotland
Website	Cowal Kirk Website
History
Status	Closed
Architecture
Functional status	Closed
Heritage designation	Category B listed building
Designated	20 July 1971
Architect(s)	James Gillespie Graham
Architectural type	Gothic revival
Years built	1816

High Kirk, also known as the Old Parish Church, is a Church of Scotland church building in Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is located on Kirk Street, just south of the town centre. Constructed in the Gothic revival style, it is a Category B listed building.^[1] The High Kirk is scheduled for closure.^[2] Its final service was held on 1 October 2023.^[3]

History

The church was completed in 1816, to a design by architect James Gillespie Graham of Edinburgh, built near the site of an earlier, 15th-century parish church, the Bishop's Palace, which became the Cathedral Church of both the Roman Catholic and Episcopalian Bishops of Argyll.^[4] In the late 18th century, this building became dilapidated and was demolished, and the stone used to build the current incarnation.^[4] It was enlarged in 1834 by David Hamilton of Glasgow.^[1] Five years later, the church's tower, which is in three stages, was raised by eight feet. It has a clock, presented by William Campbell, on each of its four sides.^[1] In 1909, Andrew Balfour lengthened and widened the church.^[4] The 1939 chancel window is by Douglas Hamilton.^[4]

Graveyard

The church's graveyard contains gravestones dating from the 13th century.^[4] Also interred here are bishops Andrew Boyd, John Cameron (d. 1623)^[5] and Hector McLean.^[6]